That is what I endure every time I bitch about another thing breaking on my Jeep. This post is more just to complain about my 05 Hemi. I bought this with 56K on it and have taken as good a care as possible with it and as much as I love it, I just have to say WTF sometimes. Here's a quick guide of all the things that I've had to do and I've only got 94K on it right now....
New rear drive shaft when I bought it at the dealer.
Repair pass inside door handle
Replace T-stat
Replace one oxygen sensor
Repair CV joint at T-Case
Replace front ELSD solenoid
Replace front struts (did all four but front were shot)
fix rattling heat shields
Let's talk about the computer system in this thing. So I start a new job where I have a laptop everyday in my passenger seat. Well 3 months down the line my airbag light starts going nuts in conjunction with the pass airbag light. Long story short it reset the zero weight in the seat. On another coincidence I found out the hard way that the "spare 10A" fuses in the yellow holder are not spare but for the SRS system. After what must have been a few weeks driving without airbags unknown to me, I put two fuses back and my system reset without going to the dealer.
I've done Mobil 1/Mopar filter changes every 5k without fail. Did the spark plugs at 60k and diff/transfer case fluid changes.
Now i'm at my wits end. My last oil change last week I got drain the oil, and while that's going on I start my 90ish K 16 plug change. As i'm starting it I notice the coolant bottle EMPTY! No visible leak, plugs look completely normal. Now the icing on the cake....I change the filter, add my seven quart of mobil 1 and go to take the old oil, fill the containers for recycling and....only 3.5 qts came out!!! How the hell did it go through 3.5qts in 5k miles! And about half a gallon of coolant without leaking any on the ground.
Now that my butthole is completely clenched in the thought I could have run her dry I'm trying to figure out what's going on. I've now also added a water pump to the list and I think the rubber seal was leaking in a small void on the back when the system pressurizes. Another week of driving will tell me if I fixed that. It was the original that last 90k+ which I guess is fairly rare. As for the oil missing. I'll keep an eye on it and it topped off. To get my money's worth where I'll be satisfied, I need to see this thing make it to 150K.
Few takeaways, I need AAA, like now! I love everything Jeep stands for, the off road capabilites which other than snow i've never put to the test, attend as many events as possible but man it's just a massive POS at the end of the day. I'm never buying another domestic vehicle again. There is NO reason it should have had this many issues before 100k, most of my above list were done before 75k.
rant done....
New rear drive shaft when I bought it at the dealer.
Repair pass inside door handle
Replace T-stat
Replace one oxygen sensor
Repair CV joint at T-Case
Replace front ELSD solenoid
Replace front struts (did all four but front were shot)
fix rattling heat shields
Let's talk about the computer system in this thing. So I start a new job where I have a laptop everyday in my passenger seat. Well 3 months down the line my airbag light starts going nuts in conjunction with the pass airbag light. Long story short it reset the zero weight in the seat. On another coincidence I found out the hard way that the "spare 10A" fuses in the yellow holder are not spare but for the SRS system. After what must have been a few weeks driving without airbags unknown to me, I put two fuses back and my system reset without going to the dealer.
I've done Mobil 1/Mopar filter changes every 5k without fail. Did the spark plugs at 60k and diff/transfer case fluid changes.
Now i'm at my wits end. My last oil change last week I got drain the oil, and while that's going on I start my 90ish K 16 plug change. As i'm starting it I notice the coolant bottle EMPTY! No visible leak, plugs look completely normal. Now the icing on the cake....I change the filter, add my seven quart of mobil 1 and go to take the old oil, fill the containers for recycling and....only 3.5 qts came out!!! How the hell did it go through 3.5qts in 5k miles! And about half a gallon of coolant without leaking any on the ground.
Now that my butthole is completely clenched in the thought I could have run her dry I'm trying to figure out what's going on. I've now also added a water pump to the list and I think the rubber seal was leaking in a small void on the back when the system pressurizes. Another week of driving will tell me if I fixed that. It was the original that last 90k+ which I guess is fairly rare. As for the oil missing. I'll keep an eye on it and it topped off. To get my money's worth where I'll be satisfied, I need to see this thing make it to 150K.
Few takeaways, I need AAA, like now! I love everything Jeep stands for, the off road capabilites which other than snow i've never put to the test, attend as many events as possible but man it's just a massive POS at the end of the day. I'm never buying another domestic vehicle again. There is NO reason it should have had this many issues before 100k, most of my above list were done before 75k.
rant done....